"It's been so difficult to watch people criticize me and my intentions," she shared in the March issue of Seventeen. "It's been s****y. They turned me [doing the song] into a conspiracy theory. We literally just wrote a song backstage, and it ended up becoming something awesome. It wasn't a career move that I carefully planned out."

So, what's the deal between her and Shawn? She finally set everyone straight!

"Shawn and I are great friends," she said. "That's why we write so well together — we have fun!"

It sounds like she's not so hot on dating boys in the entertainment industry at all. When asked what she looks for in a potential relationship, she said:

"If you meet somebody who you really like and they're in the entertainment industry, you wouldn't be like, Oh, well, this might not turn out well. The thing is, artist boys are crazy."

She continued:

"So when you have two people together, it's a hurricane. It's intense. It's just these violent delights and violent ends. For me, I've learned if I want a very stable, normal relationship where I'll be like, Okay, this is nice, I know what's going to happen in a month, it's probably better to date outside the industry. But you can't help who you fall for. It's our dating pool."

As for her dream guy? Sadly, he's fictional!

"I like Noah from The Notebook," she told us. "One-hundred percent. I fall in love with him so hard."

For the scoop on Fifth Harmony's upcoming spring tour, their sophomore album inspiration, and where they see themselves in 10 years, click hereand pick up Seventeen's March 2016 issue on newsstands on 2/9!